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Article: No holds barred when it comes to Milwaukee's love of pro wrestling Legions of fans help keep city at center of body-slamming universe
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 27, 1999
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Milwaukeeans are being body-slammed, knee-dropped,
diamond-cuttered, jack-hammered, bolo-punched and Scorpion
Death-Locked.
And lovin' it.
Milwaukee is smack-dab in the middle of a map of the professional
wrestling world. We're going to the mat for pro wrestling events in
this town.
Today the Milwaukee Arena will play host to a World Championship
Wrestling "Four Way Dance," a "last-man-standing battle royale." If
any fans are left standing, they can have a royale redux Aug. 10 when
the rival World Wrestling Federation deals its "Raw Is War" card at
the Bradley Center. The WWF show will be recorded for broadcast Aug.
16 on the USA cable channel.
These live shows are the foam on the tsunami ...